James Sheafe

James Sheafe (16 November 1755-5 December 1829) was a member of the US House of Representatives from New Hampshire's at-large district from 4 March 1799 to 3 March 1801 (succeeding Peleg Sprague and preceding George B. Upham), and a US Senator from 4 March 1801 to 14 June 1802 (succeeding John Langdon and preceding William Plumer). He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
James Sheafe was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1755, and he engaged in mercantile pursuits before serving in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1788 to 1790 and in the New Hampshire Senate in 1791, 1793, and 1799. He proceeded to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1799 to 1801 and in the US Senate from 1801 to 1802, and he was an unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in 1816. He died in 1829.